Royce Meritt
03-30-2006, 2:10 PM
After seeing all of your bonkers (not to be confused with seeing that YOU ALL ARE BONKERS!) inspired me to make a fish bonker for one of my buddies.
The interesting thing is not the bonker itself but, rather, the wood from which the bonker is made. A while back I bought a large amount of wood from a furniture repair shop that was closing. There was a lot of nice oak and walnut and even a nice piece of Teak. Mixed in with all of this nice stuff was an assortment what I would call junk wood. Most of this made its way into my campfire wood box. One piece in particular was a rough, warped and twisted piece. It even had several old rusty staples and nails in it. Looked like it came from an old pallet or crate or something.
As I tossed this piece into the scrap box I noticed some interesting grain on one side. I said to myself, "You better not throw this one out just yet."
The other day I chucked it up on the lathe and here is what was waiting for me inside this otherwise awful looking piece of "firewood"...
A nice ZEBRAWOOD fish whacker!
PS- My buddy likes it a lot.
The interesting thing is not the bonker itself but, rather, the wood from which the bonker is made. A while back I bought a large amount of wood from a furniture repair shop that was closing. There was a lot of nice oak and walnut and even a nice piece of Teak. Mixed in with all of this nice stuff was an assortment what I would call junk wood. Most of this made its way into my campfire wood box. One piece in particular was a rough, warped and twisted piece. It even had several old rusty staples and nails in it. Looked like it came from an old pallet or crate or something.
As I tossed this piece into the scrap box I noticed some interesting grain on one side. I said to myself, "You better not throw this one out just yet."
The other day I chucked it up on the lathe and here is what was waiting for me inside this otherwise awful looking piece of "firewood"...
A nice ZEBRAWOOD fish whacker!
PS- My buddy likes it a lot.